Create an article – help for managing a Smallsite Design site

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1Open the Article head page for a type selection

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by one of:

a.Clicking the New button before the Articles checkbox for the intended parent category in the Access section of the Work list page.
b.Clicking the Article button on the introduction line of the Details section of the Category page for the intended parent category.
c.Clicking the New button on the introduction line of the Details section of the Article head page of an article in the intended parent category.

Sample Article head page for type selection — The page is displayed:

If in a default category, the list will include Glossary and Policies if they don't already exist for the subsite.

2Open the Article head page for content source selection

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by clicking the button for the required article type.

Sample Article head page for source selection — The page is displayed:

3Open the Article head page for the new article

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by one of:

a.Clicking the Blank button for the bare minimum content.
b.Expanding subsites and categories to click the button for the suitable source article. Excludes those being edited.

Sample Article head page for new article — The page is displayed:

Only the Headline field is available for a cloned article.

4Create the new article

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by:

1.Typing a unique Headline.
2.Optional Byline for clarifying the Headline's context.
3.Typing a suitable Introduction.
4.Clicking the Submit button.

The response is:

a.The new article is created, as a work-in-progress (WIP) if from Blank or a draft if cloned.
b.The standard Article head page for the new article is displayed.
c.The new article is Hidden.

Cloning to a draft rather than a WIP means that the original cloned version is not lost if any changes are abandoned, as would happen to a WIP when the latest WIP is made into a draft in order to complete the editing or abandon changes. However, the original draft must be explicitly deleted if not required.

5Optional, add a basic aside

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by performing:

5-1Add content

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by at least one of:

a.Specifying Heading and Introduction.
b.Optionally, selecting an image.
c.If have an image, optionally specifying a Quote.

An basic aside must have a minimum of a Heading and an Introduction. If no image is specified, the Introduction is rendered as a sentence. A Quote is only shown if an Image is selected. If only an Image is selected, no aside is displayed, but the article can be a target for a gallery or card, though for the latter, the image must be a Card type.

The aside is created.

5-2Enable the aside

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by clicking the Disabled ☐ button.

The aside will appear on any future viewing of the page.

7Make visible

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by clicking on the Listed option in Show.

The article is publicly accessible and listed in all the pages allowed.

3. Create an article

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